Bumble Bee Embroidery Design, Insect Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Top-down view of the bumble bee with the wings spread flat so you see the full body at once. The banding on the abdomen is classic amber-yellow alternating with dark charcoal, and the fuzzy fill on the thorax actually reads as textured hair once its stitched out. Thats the bit people comment on most, it doesnt look like a normal flat fill. It looks like fur.

Nine thread colors. Two shades of amber, warm brown for the legs and antennae, pale salmon on the lower abdominal segments, soft grey and a pale aqua tint on the wings, near-white for wing highlights, and solid black for the outlines. Fine venation lines in grey run across the wing membranes to give them that semi-translucent quality.

Five sizes from 3.5 up to 7.1 inches wide. Stitch counts run from just under 15,000 all the way to 43,069 at the biggest size. Eight color changes. Use a firm stabiliser and hoop the fabric tight before you start. Run this at a steady speed through the directional fill sections on the thorax because the hairy texture doesnt realise well if the fabric shifts mid-run. A customer wrote me last spring to say this was the most satisfying bee design she'd stitched so far, and I agree the thorax texture is what makes it. Pop it on cream linen or natural canvas and the nine colors all separate out really cleanly. If the files dont open in your software just send me a note and Ill help sort it out.